The Discoverers, Band 2Random House, 1983 - 745 Seiten Examines the human quest for knowledge and discoveries as it discusses such men as Galileo, Adam Smith, Columbus, Marx, Napoleon, Magellan, Faraday, Freud, Marco Polo, and St. Augustine. |
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... China . One of the first , most remarkable of Chinese achievements was a well - organized centralized government . As early as 221 B.C. the " Chinese Caesar , " the precocious King Cheng , who had ascended the throne of Ch'in at the age ...
... China . One of the first , most remarkable of Chinese achievements was a well - organized centralized government . As early as 221 B.C. the " Chinese Caesar , " the precocious King Cheng , who had ascended the throne of Ch'in at the age ...
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... China demonstrated " the generosity and abundance of the Central Kingdom . " No wonder the Chinese found it hard to imagine a community of sovereign nations ! Only China was truly sover- eign , for only China was worthy of sovereignty ...
... China demonstrated " the generosity and abundance of the Central Kingdom . " No wonder the Chinese found it hard to imagine a community of sovereign nations ! Only China was truly sover- eign , for only China was worthy of sovereignty ...
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... Chinese history . And the exploring spirit remained alien to China . Chinese reclusiveness was an old story . The Great Wall , which goes back to antiquity , the third century B.C. , was given its present form in the Ming dynasty , in ...
... Chinese history . And the exploring spirit remained alien to China . Chinese reclusiveness was an old story . The Great Wall , which goes back to antiquity , the third century B.C. , was given its present form in the Ming dynasty , in ...
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FROM SUN TIME TO CLOCK TIME | 26 |
THE MISSIONARY CLOCK | 56 |
THE EARTH AND THE SEAS | 79 |
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself Daniel J. Boorstin Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1985 |
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